This series focuses on the boarding girls in Orchard Close (built in 1929), later Buchanans House. It became a girls' boarding house in early October 1975 and Michael Stevens was its first Housemaster. It was renamed Buchanans House in Summer 1977, following the retirement of Headmaster J.D. Buchanan. Work was completed on Buchanans house in 1982 and the extension was ready for occupation in January 1983. The house was first a Seventh Form house and transitioned to a Middle School house in the 1980s.

A photograph in black and white of the Seventh Form girls in Buchanans taking position on the stone bridge for the informal photograph in 1980.

This sub-file contains various photographs of the girls in their boarding house, as well as various items recording the every day life and events in Buchanans House.

Five photographs of the girls in Buchanans in 1980, getting ready for the informal photograph on the stone bridge and in the pond.

An informal photograph of the girls in Buchanans in the academic year 1980-1981. The photograph was taken from above and the girls are sitting in the garden. The number of print is written on the back: S165/6.

A photograph of girls in the Common Room in Buchanans, probably in the 1980s.

A photograph in black and white of a girl sitting on the stone bridge outside the new Buchanans extension, built in 1982-1983.

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

A photograph in black and white of the Seventh Form girls in Buchanans taking position on the stone bridge for the informal photograph in 1980.

A photograph in black and white of the Seventh Form girls in Buchanans taking position on the stone bridge for the informal photograph in 1980.